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Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center

SAMHSA is committed to improving prevention, treatment, and recovery support services for mental and substance use disorders.

This new Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center aims to provide communities, clinicians, policy-makers and others in the field with the information and tools they need to incorporate evidence-based practices into their communities or clinical settings. The Resource Center contains a collection of scientifically-based resources for a broad range of audiences, including Treatment Improvement Protocols, toolkits, resource guides, clinical practice guidelines, and other science-based resources.

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This guide examines a wide range of evidence-based practices for screening and assessment of people in the justice system who have co-occurring mental and substance use disorders. This guide is for clinicians, case managers, program and systems administrators, community supervision staff, jail and prison booking and healthcare staff, law enforcement, court personnel, researchers, and others who are interested in developing and operating effective programs for justice-involved individuals who have CODs.

This screening tool consists of frequency of use questions to categorize substance use by adolescent patients into different risk categories. The accompanying resources assist clinicians in providing patient feedback and resources for follow-up.

This resource places the selection of programs and practices within the broader context of evidence-based prevention by exploring: the value of embedding program and practice selection in a strategic planning process; where to find information on programs and practices and how to choose among them; and tips for adopting, adapting, and innovating programs and practices and for supporting their successful implementation and continual improvement at the local level.

Topic Area:

Substance Use Prevention

Populations:

Adults

Target Audience:

Community Organizations, Prevention Professionals, Program Planners and Administrators

Systematic evidence review comparing the effectiveness of strategies to prevent and de-escalate aggressive behaviors in psychiatric patients in acute care settings, including interventions aimed specifically at reducing use of seclusion and restraint.

The objective of this abstract is to assess the effectiveness of quality improvement, implementation, and dissemination strategies that seek to improve the mental health care of children and adolescents; to examine harms associated with these strategies; and to determine whether effectiveness or harms vary in subgroups based on system, organizational, practitioner, or patient characteristics.

Topic Area:

Serious Mental Illness and other Mental Health

Populations:

Children and Youth

Target Audience:

Care Providers, Clinicians, Family and Caregivers, Patients, Policymakers, Prevention Professionals, Program Planners and Administrators, Public

This guide enhances the competencies of substance use disorder treatment counselors. It discusses patient assessment and screening, treatment planning, referral, service coordination, counseling, family and community education, and cultural competency.

Topic Area:

Substance Use Treatment & Recovery

Populations:

Adults

Target Audience:

Care Providers, Clinicians, Community Organizations, Educators, Family and Caregivers, Patients, Policymakers, Program Planners and Administrators, Public